For the first time in three years, the Yreka Miners varsity baseball team earned a win during a spring break tournament.

Playing at the Anaheim Lions Club Tournament in Southern California, the Miners crushed Magnolia 18-3 in five innings Monday night.

In the first game of the tournament Monday afternoon the Miners fell to Anaheim 8-7. Yreka is now 8-8-1 for the year.

"It took us 10 games but we finally got a win," head coach Jason Freitas said about earning a victory during a spring tournament. Last year, Yreka went winless at another elite tournament in Reno, Nev.

Freitas said it was encouraging to see the Miners perform well against two large schools, with Magnolia having a student population of 2,200 and Anaheim having 3,300 students. Yreka has under 800 students.

In the contest against Anaheim,Yreka led 3-2 when four errors made by the Miners defense in the fourth helped Anaheim take the lead. Down 8-3 Yreka battled back but came up short a run. Freitas commended Michael Elfgen for pitching well. "He did his job," Freitas said. "We just made too many errors." He added that the Miners outhit their opponent 11 hits to five.

In the second game, Magnolia scored two runs the top of the first. Yreka came out on fire the bottom of the inning. First, Michael Schuler led things off with a double. A short time later Christian Charles smacked a triple and the Miners were in business and earned nine runs for the inning as the rout was on.